Quote: Originally Posted by SIroller [View Post] I'd pass it on however be perpared for it to end up bent. not because of his behaviour but just general p platers and daily use. vl's seem to attract rear enders / parking dents etc like a giant magnet.[COLOR="Silver"] this is true ^. I mashed up my first car - vh. i remember one time, going for my p's test (dont think anyone can top this lol), I was being over cautious, and saw an orange light so started to stop abruptly. next thing guy rear ends me an the driving inspector is all 'ahhh ive got concussion hahaha!' best birthday present lol although my old man being the legend he is, pulled the whole front end out and fixed it and we got a replacement front end. Car was a throw away an had been bent on most panels so we sold it when i was ready to buy a vl.

You obviously failed the test LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by PROGMH [View Post] You obviously failed the test LOL haha yeh i dont think old mate from rta was too pleased about it. he was like this is the first time its happened HAHA. they didnt call it a fail, more like a 'in test accident'. but yeh i was more pissed about my car than anything else lol second time was a charm tho you'll be pleased to kno haha

when i was with them we had one guy being tested die at the wheel, another did a u turn on the pacific h'way straight in front of traffic, another drove straight through a stop sign etc etc plus the rare offer of sexual favours, money.........

Quote: Originally Posted by aus880 [View Post] when i was with them we had one guy being tested die at the wheel, another did a u turn on the pacific h'way straight in front of traffic, another drove straight through a stop sign etc etc plus the rare offer of sexual favours, money......... he died??!! FAAARRKKK!!! thought my effort was bad lol there was a funny story on here a while back, not sure if was true or not, (also before turbo laws im guessing) and this dude went for test in his vl turbo, dropped to second an clutched it an did some nice manuoveres over a few lanes for the officier lol!

Quote: Originally Posted by Andy-30L [View Post] its called looking out for your family champ. Cant say for myself but obviously u havent had anyone close to you lost by neglience in cars. I would imagine it would hurt. Looking out for your family shouldnt require putting them in a girls car. If he really wanted to look after his brother he could teach him to drive safely tell him its not cool to do stupid **** just because he drives a high powered car. Like I said before we all drive vls, a vl was my first car i drove safely and i have lived 2 years on my p's, if you drive like a stooge you can you can kill yourself in a daewoo.

Quote: Originally Posted by mister.x [View Post] Looking out for your family shouldnt require putting them in a girls car. If he really wanted to look after his brother he could teach him to drive safely tell him its not cool to do stupid **** just because he drives a high powered car. Like I said before we all drive vls, a vl was my first car i drove safely and i have lived 2 years on my p's, if you drive like a stooge you can you can kill yourself in a daewoo. yes thats true. my main concern would be that in the case that the car does get crashed it's another vl in the scrap yard and not a daewoo etc.. i like vl's. dont like seeing so many getting smashed because of dumb ****s that use them as a cheap thrill

Like i said guys, he loves the car just as much as any of us on here, he really doesnt have money for a new car so the vl was the obvious choice to give him, but i didnt just want to rush in and hand it to him, ive already given him the big brother talk and it seems as if he gets it. He's a sensible guy and I trust he will take care of it, he has just gotten his p's, on friday actually and he's been dying for me to give him the keys... lets just hope he doesn't make any dumb mistakes aye...

Quote: Originally Posted by aus880 [View Post] so basically he's getting it and this is a thread hoping for support i was right

Russ is so cool he responds to his own posts now!

well nobody else will talk to me ---------- Post added 06-02-12 at 07:12 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by aus880 [View Post] well nobody else will talk to me will they?

Well played.

Am I missing something? an N/A VL 3.0L and we're talking about this kid killing himself?

It's a powerhouse Kane. It's heaps more powerful than a late model Astra / Barina / Focus. My concern would be the lack of safety features (Airbags / ABS) and general poor condition of 25 yo car. Not that any of this matters.

I think the big issue here that we're all missing is........R33 box behind an n/a???

LOL i honestly thought i was missing something.. Kid's get old cars, people survived before there was airbags/abs and all that stuff. I had a 5L VK Calais wagon as my first car, I'm still alive.

And 4.11's. That's pretty hektic My first car was the maroon n/a manual. I did some stupid stuff in it but nothing too extreme - I don't think there's anything wrong with giving it to your brother. I'd make him buy it off you though.

Give your bro the car, seriously if hes a car enthusiast and like most ****s i know he will treat his big bro's old car with the most respect you can imagine. As for power figures, my mates VL same mods but with MF5 and 3.7s reeled off 109rwkw.

really come on, what does 'respect' mean in this situation?

Quote: Originally Posted by Epitaph [View Post] LOL i honestly thought i was missing something.. Kid's get old cars, people survived before there was airbags/abs and all that stuff. I had a 5L VK Calais wagon as my first car, I'm still alive. That was such a winner too